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Can you see yourself making a positive impact at WKU? We offer an inviting and challenging work environment, responsive to the needs of a diverse and ambitious learning community. See our open faculty and staff positions.

SKyTeach offers opportunities to undergraduate students at Western Kentucky University
entering careers in math and science education.

Our mission is:

Support - Offer mentoring throughout the program and continued support after graduation.

Outreach - Provide opportunities to local educators by promoting math and science in the community.

Our program is:

A unique collaboration between the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences and
Ogden College of Science and Engineering, modeled after the highly successful UTeach
program at the University of Texas at Austin.

Includes partnerships with 10 of 35 school districts in the Green River Regional Educational
Cooperative (GRREC).

Supported mainly by a grant from the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI).

Benefits for members include:

Personal support and guidance by Master Teachers who are experienced former high school
teachers.

Academic and social support from peers who have similar career interests.

Opportunity to gain valuable teaching experience at the middle and high school levels.

High/Middle school student teaching experience in the fourth year of the program.

Paid internships in an educational setting and scholarships available during the school
year and summer.

Professional staff with student work and resource rooms in addition to printing and
computer labs.